BDC Schedule Change, Dec. 22nd & 23rd

Now that the holiday season is here, we need to make a slight adjustment in the BDC schedule for Tues., Dec. 22nd and Wed., Dec. 23rd. Unfortunately, we don't have any docents who can be here during lunchtime on Tuesday or Wednesday to monitor the Research Room. By policy, researchers cannot use the resources in the Research Room unless a BDC staff member or docent is available to sit with the researcher. Therefore, if you want to use our Research Room on Tues., the 22nd or on Wed., the 23rd, please make arrangements to visit 10am to 12 pm or 1 pm - 5 pm. No one will be admitted to nor left to work in the BDC Research Room between noon and 1 pm.

Grace Cordial has been responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Beaufort District Collection at the Beaufort County Library since 1999. The Beaufort District Collection exists to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history, culture, and environment of our part of the South Carolina lowcountry. Besides the research room, Cordial manages the “Virtual BDC:” the BDC web pages, the Online Obituary Index, two digital collections, a new BDC.BCL Facebook page, and the Connections blog.

Among her duties is to coordinate or present programs about local history, Gullah culture, and our coastal environment, including occasional instructional sessions about how to perform historical and/or genealogical research.